Новости за 04.07.2015

Doug G. Ware
LONDON, July 4 (UPI) -- Now at its halfway point, so far there hasn't been any shortage of interesting, colorful -- and red hot moments at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.

Brooks Hays
BROOKLYN, N.Y., July 4 (UPI) -- Matthew 'Megatoad' Stonie inhaled 62 hot dogs to take first place at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Competition, an annual Independence Day tradition.

Karen Butler
LOS ANGELES, July 4 (UPI) -- Actress Kate Hudson shared on Instagram Saturday a video showing her skillfully singing part of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Brooks Hays
NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- The French frigate Hermione and other replica warships sailed down the Hudson and past Manhattan as part of an Independence Day parade.

Karen Butler
LOS ANGELES, July 4 (UPI) -- Kourtney Kardashian's longtime boyfriend Scott Disick, who has spent time in rehab for substance abuse, is reportedly partying in Monte Carlo.

Tomas Monzon
ARIHA, Syria, July 4 (UPI) -- An explosion at a mosque in the Idlib province of Syria Friday killed members of al-Qaida affiliate group, al-Nusra Front.

Brooks Hays
NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- JetBlue announced this week it has begun offering direct charter flights from New York City to Havana, Cuba -- the first major American airline to do so.

Amy R. Connolly
HAVANA, July 4 (UPI) -- Former Cuban President Fidel Castro made his first public appearance in three months Friday, visiting 19 cheese masters at the Food Industry Ministry.

Karen Butler
NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- Kelly Rutherford has been reunited with her son and daughter in New York City, and the children are set to spend the summer in the United States.

Karen Butler
NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular is to feature performances by Ed Sheeran, Dierks Bentley, Kelly Clarkson, Brad Paisley and Flo Rida.

Amy R. Connolly
ORLANDO, Fla., July 4 (UPI) -- The Orlando Eye, a 400-foot ferris wheel in the city's tourist district, reopened Saturday after 66 riders were stranded for hours on the broken ride.

Brooks Hays
AUSTIN, Texas, July 4 (UPI) -- In an apparent bid to freak out the Internet, Texas Parks and Wildlife shared a photo of a massive Texas redhead centipede found in the state's Hill Country.

Ed Adamczyk
MOSCOW, July 4 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope for improved relations with the United States in an Independence Day congratulatory message.

Brooks Hays
PITTSBURGH, July 4 (UPI) -- According to newly published research, weight loss surgery appears to be the most successful treatment for diabetes.

Tomas Monzon
STUART, Fla., July 4 (UPI) -- A Florida man hooked a shark off the coast of Stuart, Florida after first falling off his kayak.

Amy R. Connolly
TUNIS, Tunisia, July 4 (UPI) -- Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency Saturday following the terrorist attack that killed 38 tourists at a Sousse resort.

Ed Adamczyk
KUNDUZ , Afghanistan, July 4 (UPI) -- A hospital in Afghanistan operated by the non-governmental Doctors Without Borders was raided and searched this week, the group claimed.

Karen Butler
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 4 (UPI) -- Patton Oswalt, Paul Reubens, and "Goonies" co-stars Corey Feldman and Martha Plimpton are lending their voices to characters for "Minecraft: Story Mode."

Amy R. Connolly
MADISON, Wis., July 4 (UPI) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker vowed to make changes to budget provisions that dramatically restrict public access to nearly all government records.

Tomas Monzon
ORLANDO, Fla., July 4 (UPI) -- Disney World's Cinderella's Castle was lit up by lightning Friday evening.

Brooks Hays
TUCSON, July 4 (UPI) -- A new study suggests that some Temnothorax rugatulus worker ants, a species native to the forests of the American West, are consistently lazy.

Karen Butler
WASHINGTON, July 4 (UPI) -- Alexandra Reeve Givens, the daughter of late film star Christopher Reeve, has named her newborn son Christopher Russel Reeve Givens.

Ed Adamczyk
SHANGHAI, July 4 (UPI) -- Key Chinese stock exchanges continued their three-week fall this week, with brokerage firms uniting to establish a stock market fund.

Amy R. Connolly
PARIS, July 4 (UPI) -- France's highest court granted legal recognition to surrogate children born abroad, allowing them the same legal rights as other French-born children.

Tomas Monzon
ATHENS, Greece, July 4 (UPI) -- The Greek economic crisis reached a nadir Saturday, on the eve of a referendum that will chart the country's economic future.